Improvement in desks



UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIoE.

LEROY S. BUFFINGTON, OF MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT lN DESKS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l83,793, dated October31, 1876; application filed March 6, 1876.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LEROY S. BUFFINGTON, of Minneapolis, in the countyof Hennepin and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Desks, of which the following is a specification:

This invention relates to certain improvements in office-desks orsecretaries, its object being to produce, in combination with a suitableworking-table, a folding chest or chests, in which all available roommay be occupied by pigeon-holes, drawers, and other receptacles forbooks, papers, and other articles, in order that a larger number of suchreceptacles may-be arranged in a limited space, in such position thatthe various parts may be opened or closed as desired without disturbingthe contents, and which, when opened, will present the said receptaclesin convenient position for ready access thereto by the occupant of thedesk.

My invention consists in a desk composed of an upper and lower part, Aand B, having rectangular shelved or pigeon-holed compartments 0 O E E,the former hinged by the front and the latter by the rear outer cornerto the main frame, the lower part of said frame being provided withrecesses D, to receive the lower hinged sections, as hereinafter fullyset forth.

In the drawing, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of my improveddesk or secretary, partly open. Fig. 2 represents a front elevation, andFig. 3 represents a side elevation, of the desk.

The letter A represents the upright closet or chest, and B the deskproper, the top of which forms the work-table. Said chest or closet isabout half the Width of the desk proper, and is adapted to rest or besecured upon the top of the same, and is provided with pigeon-holes,drawers, or other receptacles for books, papers, and other articles,which receptacles may be arranged in any convenient manner to suit therequirements of the trade. The letter 0 represents two boxdikereceptacles or chests, of about the same width as the closet A, and halfthe length of the same, said receptacles or chests being hinged at theend of the closet A, in such manner that, when closed, they will meet atthe center of said closet and completely and securely close the same,forming doors thereto. The said chests 0 may, like the closet A, beprovided with pigeon-holes, drawers, or other receptacles for papers, insimilar manner to the closet. The desk proper, B, is provided with aflat top, and with two or more compartments, D D, below. The endcompartments D are open at their sides and in front, and in them arefitted the folding chests E, which are hinged at their outer back edgesto the back of the desk, as indicated at d, in such manner that whenopened out their inner sides will be parallel with the front of thedesk. Said chests are provided with pigeon-holes, drawers, or otherreceptacles, arranged in any convenient manner, opening at the innersides of the same, so that they will be properly exposed when the chestsare thrown back. The intermediate space or compartment D may be providedwith pigeon-holes, drawers, or the like, opening either to the front orat each side opposite the inner sides of the chests D when closed. Whenopening to the front, the compartment D may be left open or providedwith doors, as desired.

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

As a new article of manufacture, a desk consisting of an upper and lowerpart, A and B, having rectangular shelved or pigeon-holed compartments 0O E E, the former hinged by the front and the latter by the rear outercorner to the main frame, the lower part of said frame being providedwith recesses D, to receive the lower hinged sections, substantially asand for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand inthe presence of the subscribing witnesses.

LEROY S. BUFFINGTON.

